Google Gsuite also contains a large number of Staff, Student and Parent Groups used for emailing and providing access to Google resources. Majority of these groups you have used before, although the naming convention may have changed to what you are used to. The groups are a combination or automated role or subject based groups for staff and students/parents or school specific groups that are used for a range of different functions.

Groups are mostly visible from Google Mail in the Directory, however they will also appear when sharing documents and are a useful way of being able to communicate or share content with a larger number of people.

There are thousands of groups available in Google Gsuite, noting these are linked to all schools in the Diocese. There is currently no way of restricting view access to only groups for your school, so use the tips below to help you locate and work with groups in Google Gsuite.

Staff - Staff groups can be found by searching for 'Staff <SchoolCode>' and then if needed a descriptor of the group. In most cases the Staff and SchoolCode will present a list of groups which can be scrolled and the relevant group selected

Students - Student groups are listed by Home Group, Subject, Year Level or for All Students. To search for a student group type 'Student <School code>' and then 'Home', 'Subject', 'Year' to refine the search. In the case of a Subject a search of Student School Code Subject Code would return matching groups. It doesn't need to be exact.

Parents - The same format as for students, with 'Parents <School code>' and whatever group is needed.

Examples of groups, the naming conventions and how to use them can be found here

A list of the three letter school codes and numeric SIS codes for all schools can be found here